Trials Fusion Review
Developer Red Lynx
Publisher Ubisoft
Platform PC, PS4 & XboxOne.
Release Date Out Now
Trials Fusion is RedLynx’s latest entry in the hugely successful Trials series that has had previous highlights like Trials HD (2009) and Trials Evolution (2012). The series has always been a simple yet highly addictive 2D game, and Fusion holds onto this charm in another brilliantly infuriating title.
For those new to the series Trials is a 2D platformer where you control your rider on his motorcycle. Using the accelerator and brake to control your speed as well as the rider’s ability to lean forward and back the task is to stay upright which is not as easy as it sounds. Although the environments are 3D looking you are in fact stuck to a 2D rail.
Leaning back pulls on the handlebars and lifts the front wheel, while leaning forward keeps pressure on the front tire and keeps it pressed down especially handy for those steeper of climbs. Pulling of mid-air stunts is all about timing and matching the right speed with the right stance and key combinations.
While HD and Evolution are set in the modern era Fusion takes a massive leap into the future. The clean futuristic tracks are nice looking but not in line with what you would expect from a dirty motocross focused game, however the level of detail is very pleasing on the eye.
The game contains about 40 tracks that get increasingly difficult with a steep learning curve after the initial introduction. They start with simple enough lazy ramps to get you used to the controls but soon enough you are taking on massive jumps, vertical drops, back and forward flips. To keep things interesting each track has four medals to win and while it is possible to complete each track easily enough, unlocking all the medals is the real challenge.
The “fun” comes from the physic based crashes, although the gameplay looks easy it will challenge, frustrate and delight you in equal measures. This really is a game where you will go from utter frustration that leads you to rage quit only to return two minutes later for “one more go”.
Overall: If it’s not broken don’t fix it is the clear motto here, what made the previous titles great has been left alone. If you enjoyed either of the previous titles in the series you really can’t go wrong here as it is 40 more tracks and they look much slicker.
SCORE 4/5
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